A former Westpac bank manager who stole A$515,000 over four months to finance his gambling addiction has been jailed for more than four years.
News.com.au reported that Darren Arnold, 38, pleaded guilty to abusing his position at the Northbridge branch in Perth by stealing money between December 2013 and March 2014.
Arnold used a friend's various accounts to withdraw the money in amounts ranging from $190 to $157,000, most of it withdrawn in cash. Internal reviews eventually detected the fraud.
He gambled almost all of the money at the TAB.
Once caught, Arnold quit Westpac and six months later took a job at the Bank of Queensland.
Judge Christopher Stevenson said it seemed extraordinary in this day and age that nobody noticed Arnold taking the money from Westpac.
The judge sentenced Arnold to four years and three months in jail, with a non-parole period of two years and three months.